Reference
This chapter describes the menus and operating details associated with each
front-panel menu button or control.
Acquire
Push the Acquire button to set acquisition parameters.
Options Settings Comments
Sample
Use to acquire and accurately display most
waveforms; this is the default mode.
Peak Detect Use to detect glitches and reduce the
possibility of aliasing.
Average Use to reduce random or uncorrelated noise
in the signal display; the number of averages
is selectable.
Averages 4, 16, 64, 128
Select number of averages.
Key Po ints
If you probe a noisy square wave signal that contains intermittent, narrow glitches,
the waveform displayed will vary depending on the acquisition mode you choose.
Sample
Peak Detect Average
Sample. Use Sample a cquisition mode to acquire 2500 points and display them at
the SEC/DIV setting. Sample mode is the default mode.
Sample acquisition intervals (2500)
• Sample points
Sample mode acquires a single sample point in each interval.
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